Average monthly temperatures in Gdansk (°C)

The city panorama and Gdansk Bay can be both observed from the summit of Mount Gradowa (Góra Gradowa), but also from the towers of St. Mary’s Church and the town hall in the Main Town.

Don’t go wrong!

Gdansk has two main districts with two town halls. The historic old town with its biggest tourist attractions (such as Neptune’s fountain) is the Main Town (Główne Miasto). The second district is called the Old Town (Stare Miasto), next to the train station.

City x 3

Gdansk together with two neighboring cities forms an agglomeration, called Tricity (Trójmiasto). Hop on the famous SKM train and go see the Sopot pier and calm beaches in Gdynia.

Things to see in Gdansk/Danzig

Every season is good to visit Gdansk with its monuments, history of the Solidarity union (Solidarność) and the beautiful and majestic coast of the Baltic Sea. In summer, the weather is perfect for sunbathing. In spring and fall, during the storms, it’s best to walk around the historic streets and along the shore of the rough sea, while in winter, the city enhances to visit museums and warm up in one of the cozy coffeehouses.

The main attraction of Gdansk is the historic old town, the Main Town. It’s worth entering it through the intricately decorated Golden Gate (Złota Brama), which opens to the most popular Długa street. It’s here where the Dominik’s Fair (Jarmark Dominikański), the biggest outdoor event in Poland, takes place every August. Also here are the most interesting boutiques with souvenirs. You can’t miss the Long Market (Długi Targ) – one of the most beautiful places in Europe – with Neptune’s fountain, Artus Court, Golden Tenement House (Złota Kamienica), and the impressive town hall. Another spot is the St. Mary’s Church (Bazylika Mariacka), the largest brick-built temple in Europe. In the evening, take a stroll along the Motława River (Długie Pobrzeże), which is one of the most picturesque places in the city.

An indispensable element of the city landscape is the shipyard. You will discover the history of Solidarność and Lech Wałęsa by visiting the modern building of the European Solidarity Center. But we warn you – the place is so fascinating and well-designed that you could spend a long time there! If you’re a fan of the contemporary architecture and art, go to the Shakespeare Theater built from the black brick and the Zespa district, where you can find the impressive collection of murals painted on the walls of old buildings.

When being on the Baltic coast, you have to try the fried fish. The best restaurants serving herring, cod or mackerel can be found by the Motława River or in the downtown. If you prefer slow food cuisine, visit the well-known Wajdelota (Wrzeszcz district) or Straganiarska (city center) streets. For a romantic dinner – especially at night – choose one of the restaurants located in old tenements on Mariacka street.

Average monthly temperatures in Katowice (°C)

In August, one of the most exciting music event in Europe takes place in Dolina Trzech Stawów (Valley of Three Ponds) – the OFF Festival. You can listen to more than 70 bands playing alternative music on four stages!

With a city view

If you want to see the best city panorama, don’t forget going up the observation tower built in the old mine shaft in the Silesian Museum. It’s really worth seeing!

Eat well

A typical dish of this region consists of “kluski, rolada and modro kapusta” (“dumplings, roulade and red cabbage”), namely the Silesian dinner. It’s an obligatory meal in most Silesian restaurants. Taste it and you’ll surely ask for more.

Things to see in Katowice

Until recently, Katowice has been known as the mine industrial center in southern Poland. You can still see mine shafts and so-called “familoks” (workers’ houses), yet the city’s atmosphere has been changing. Today, it’s the capital of culture, good food, and modern architecture.

For years Silesia and Katowice have been identified with mine industry. Lately, the city attracts tourists not only with fantastic and world-renowned architectural projects and successful revitalization of post-industrial buildings, but also with cultural events, museums of the region’s history, and delicious local cuisine.

Everywhere in Katowice, you can see that the city undergoes a deliberate transformation. Just go to the futuristic arena complex called “Spodek” or, situated next to it, Culture Zone with black as coal International Congress Center, monumental NOSPR (Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra) building, and the Silesian Museum built in the former mine area. Take your time in the last spot, as it has one of the best European interactive exhibitions, where you surely won’t get bored.

If you’re looking for historic buildings, go to a modernistic part of the city located near railway tracks. There, following the Route of Modernism, you’ll have a chance to admire the buildings of Silesian Parliament and Silesian Voievodship Office, as well as the tenements and villas typical for the 1930s. Don’t forget about visiting Nikiszowiec, atmospheric and trendy city district. It’s a former workers’ quarters with clinker brick buildings with many excellent restaurants, coffeehouses, and art galleries. Outdoor events attracting crowds also take place there – check out “Fair at Grandma Anna’s” in summer, “Art Market” being a part of the naïve art festival, and “Christmas market” in winter.

If you like fun, you just can’t miss Mariacka Street, close to the city center near the main train station. This is where best clubs, pubs, and restaurants serving the world cuisine are located. See yourself and feel the atmosphere of a never-ending party!

Average monthly temperatures in Poznan (°C)

In the Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul you can visit symbolic graves of the first rulers of Poland – the prince Mieszko I and the king Bolesław I the Brave.

A medieval fair

In the medieval times in the city market, instead of houses, there were colourful stands, where salted or smoked fishes, candles and other things useful in the medieval household were sold.

The Museum of Croissants

A place, where you can learn a Poznan dialect, see on your own eyes how notorious Saint Martin Croissants (Rogale in polish) are baked and got to know the city’s history in a nutshell. A fun spot for both kids and adults.

What’s worth seeing in Poznan?

Poznan – one of the oldest city in Poland – is located in the Western part of the country, in the Greater Poland Lake District. Archaeological research shows that the first people put their feet in this area in the Palaeolithic era. All we know about them is that they were reindeers’ hunters.

The first settlers appeared on this land between the 5th and 6th century BC. Historians claim that it might have been Poznan, where the christening of Poland took place in the year 966. Before that happened, Slavonic people Polans had been leaving here and some of famous polish traditions like painting eggs, carol singing or spring cleaning originate from them. Even though today they are solely recognized as Christian customs.

The most known symbol of Poznan are two billy-goats fighting with each other every day at midday on the Town Hall’s tower. They first appeared there in 1551. The other characteristics image of the city are multi-coloured town houses, here and there covered with painter’s sketches.

In Poznan you can also find the youngest castle in Europe – The Caesarean Castle build in 1910 for the King of Prussia, Wilhelm II. Adolf Hitler wanted this place for his headquarters and thus in 1939 renovation works were started. Many rooms were redecorated and have their functionality changed. The castle is open to visitors both days and nights. Palace Górków, a noble residence from the Renaissance, today holds the Archaeological Museum. Back in the day, it used to have a rooftop terrace with a fish-pond.

After a whole day of sightseeing you can catch a breath in the Citadel’s Park. Among green spaces and trees, you will find there fortresses’ walls, cemeteries, a monument in the honour of soldiers fighting for Poznan in 1945 or the Museum of Armature, which is located in the remains of the Fort Winiary from the 19th century.

If you want to try traditional polish food, it is worth visiting Wiejskie Jadło restaurant. In the menu you can find polish dumplings, sour rye soup in bread, meat-stuffed cabbage or duck with apples. A journey-back-in-time experience waits for you in café Proletaryat. It is designed in communistic style, and also serves alcohol and food typical for communistic times, such as herrings, pickled cucumbers, pork fat or bread with lard.

Average monthly temperatures in Rzeszow (°C)

At the corner of streets Ciepliński and Piłsudski there is located a communistic Monument of Revolutionary Action. Its shape, apparently, is similar to…female genitalia. Find out yourself.

The relaxing walk

In the area of Pod Kasztanami avenue and the square by Lubomirski avenue you will find not only majestic chestnut trees, but also beautiful secessionists villas and a playing fountain. Multimedia shows are displayed there at every 13, 17 and 20 hour.

For fairy-tales fans

In Rzeszów there is the Museum of Fairy-tales. In that place you can find out how fairy-tales looked like in the communistic countries. The museum is at 13 Mickiewicza St., ticket costs 7 zlotys.

What’s interesting to see in Rzeszow?

Founded most probably in the 11th century borough is now a bit underestimated city full of architectural contrasts. In its landscape blocks of flats are dominating, that are in odds with beautiful surroundings of Rynek (the Main Square). What’s worth seeing in Rzeszow?

We recommend to start sightseeing from the old part of the city, which is Rynek, in which central sport there is located an outstanding and monumental town hall in neo-gothic and neo-renaissance style. It is there, where the best restaurants and cafes are located and also cultural events take place. It is worth also to take a walk through cosy streets departing from Rynek, like Kopernika, Słowackiego, Kościuszki or 3 Maja, which is the city’s main boardwalk. „Paniaga”, as locals call it, is a modern heart of the city with numerous historical buildings, shops, restaurants with beer gardens. Especially eye-catching are the Church of St. Cross with its snow-white façade and churches of St. Wojciech and St. Stanisław. What’s interesting, citizens of Rzeszow love so much this oldest and the most representative street of the city, that each year in May they threw a feast in its name.

If you have in you an urge to discover, then definitely go for sightseeing of Podziemna Trasa Turystyczna (The Underground Touristic Route) opened in 2001. The entrance is near Town Hall from the side of Słowackiego St. (Rynek 26). After getting through it, you will find 400 metres of renovated, underground corridors, through which you will reach 40 rooms that used to serve as basements for goods. During one-hour trip you can also see numerous exhibits, that were discovered during archeologically works and listen to interesting stories of the guide on the turbulent history of Rzeszów. The route is open to visitors the whole year around, entrance is every full hour and ticket costs 6,5 zlotys per person.

In the cuisine of Sub-Carpathian region – the one, in which Rzeszów is located – the most famous are “proziaki”, baked flat-pies from flour, sour milk, soda and salt. They are served in inns, on markets or during traditional harvest festival. We recommend also trying a dish named “hałuszki”. These are delicious small noodles made from potatoes with egg, cooked on boiling water, served with milk, butter or onion. Popular are also “kołduny”, oval dumplings from potatoes with filling made of cooked potatoes, cheese with onions baked on fat. Rzeszów is a perfect place for tasting the most famous polish dishes – pierogi (dumplings), gołąbki (meat-stuffed cabbage) and żur (sour rye soup) – which, according to locals, are best served exactly there. Where to eat? In restaurants: Konfitura at 8 Słowackiego St., Wesele by 23 Rynek St. and Karczma Wacławówka at 7 Strażacka St.

Average monthly temperatures in Lublin (°C)

In summertime in Lublin there is the Carnaval Sztukmistrzów taking place, the festival of art of modern circus and theatre. During the festival one can see a colourful crowd of jugglers, stilt-walkers, actors, clowns and street artists.

Underground

Under the area of Lublin Old Town there are situated mysterious corridors and old basements. Lubelska Trasa Podziemna (The Lublin Underground Route) can be visited by individual tourists every day in summertime, and on weekends after the peak season.

Your “cebularz”

If you have talent for cooking and you like cooking trips, go to the regional museum of “cebularz”, where under supervision of professionals, you will bake famous Lublin pie with onion.

What’s interesting to see in Lublin?

Lublin is one of the oldest cities in Poland, and its centuries-old tradition can be felt upon every step of a walk through the streets of the Old Town. The magical Lublin isn’t all about historical places though – it is also an interesting university city with very hospitable and cordial citizens.

We recommend to start sightseeing of Lublin at the Old Town. Through cosy, lovely, paved in cobblestone streets one can walk for hours, admiring facades of multi-coloured town houses. You can also sit by the table in one of the local cafes. If you are fascinated by history, walk through Brama Grodzka (The Municipal Gate) that used to be part of the city’s walls, pass by the Plac Zamkowy (the Castle Square ) and go towards Lublin Castle, which construction started in the 12th century. You will find there Lublin Museum, one of the oldest building in the city, which is in the form of a rounded tower (called donjon) and a chapel adorned with the Holy Trinity frescos. If you wish to see the city’s panorama, climb over 200 steps to get to the top of the Trinitarian Tower at Królewska (Royal) Street.

The second most important spot for citizens is Krakowskie Przedmieście, a boardwalk with shops, restaurants and cafes. Each year in August there is the Jagiellonian Fair taking place there, which serves as a four-day feast of traditional culture. By this boardwalk you will also find astonishing with abundant plants square – Plac Litewski (the Lithuanian Square) with very unique fountains that sparkle with many colours at night. It is a perfect place for a date. At Krakowskie Przedmieście 4 there is located the best ice-cream shop in the city – Bosko. It offers home-made ice-creams in intriguing flavours for 3 zlotys per portion – it is the favourite place not only of tourists but also locals.

Lublin was a multi-cultural city before the war. Alongside Poles, many Jews used to live there. That is why you can find there interesting restaurants serving Jewish cuisine, such as Mandragora located at Rynek 9 (Main Square). It is not only a very well-decorated spot, but also a tasty one. You can try there, among others, tench in sauce, Jewish caviar, garlic soup with matzo, livers in onion sauce or kreplach. Dishes in a bit different style, but also delicious, you will try in Pub Regionalny Św. Michał (Regional Pub of St. Micheal) at 16 Grodzka St. Order in that place St. Michael’s rib or “lubelski forszmak”, which is stew baked under pie. At street food trucks you can get “cebularz lubelski”, a leavened pie with stewed onion.

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